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Earlier this awards season, Dolly Parton showed up in town for a press day that included a performance of “Girl In The Movies”, the theme song and one of six new tunes she co-wrote (with Linda Perry) for the new Netflix film, Dumplin’ that stars Danielle MacDonald as the title character, a plus-size daughter who…

It is pretty futile to try to resist the charms of the new Netflix comedy Dumplin’, which the streamer is unwrapping just in time for the holidays. There is really nothing startlingly new about this concept or even its execution, but the sheer fun and smiles that it brings are more welcome than they ever were at this…

Rosie Dickson is the queen of her small Texas town’s pageant scene. Her daughter Willowdean is … not. But she’s about to flip the script on Mom’s world: “Enough is enough,” the girl tells her best friend. “I think I’m gonna sign up for the pageant.” She adds, “It’s gonna be like a protest in heels.” Here’s the trailer…

Jennifer Landon (TNT’s Animal Kingdom) and John Bedford Lloyd (The Bourne Supremacy) have joined Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, and J.K. Simmons in The Front Runner, the Gary Hart biopic directed by Jason Reitman, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Bai. The film, based on Bai’s book All the Truth Is Out…

Actress-model Lydia Hearst has come aboard Maria Pulera’s supernatural thriller Between Worlds. The indie stars Nicolas Cage as Joe, a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife (Hearst) and child. He meets Julie, a spiritually gifted woman who enlists Joe in a desperate effort to find…

EXCLUSIVE: The Anne Fletcher-helmed pageant musical comedy film Dumplin is rounding out its cast as production has officially commenced today in Atlanta. Liv and Maddie alum Dove Cameron, Luke Benward, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Maddie Baillio, Georgie Flores, and Ginger Minj (RuPaul’s Drag Race) have come aboard the pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Odeya Rush is set to co-star along side Jennifer Aniston and Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$) in Dumplin’, a music-driven comedy à la Pitch Perfect and Bring It On directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses) The pic centers on Willowdean (Macdonald), nicknamed Dumplin, a confident, plus-sized, teen…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Aniston will star in the Anne Fletcher-directed comedy Dumplin', a film that is eyeing a summer shoot. IMR will be launching international sales. The film is scripted by Kristin Hahn, and Aniston will star as Rosie, a former beauty pageant queen who now runs the local Texas pageant. Michael…